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Tuesday, January 12, 2010

January 7, 2009: Chunky choc-cherry-almond cookies

Though it doesn't look like anything special, this cookie has made my week. This adaptation of the chunky monkey cookie just might pass for an empty-calorie choc-flavoured carb-fest, fooling even the anti-banana brigade. Here's how I mixed it up:

I went all the way and used only wholemeal flour and it didn't diminish the experience one bit. In fact it made my afternoon snack more filling and satisfying.

I upped the cocoa from 1/3 to 1/2 cup for madly chocolatey experience.

I used smooth instead of my usually-favourite crunchy peanut butter.

While I used mashed bananas for binding, I left out the extra chunky one and added some dried cherries and blanched almonds instead.

Instead of making trays and trays of dainty bites, I went all out an fashioned a dozen mega-cookies.

Supersized and studded with red and white treats, these feel like something I could've bought from somefancycompany, even though I had everything I needed to make them already stashed in my pantry.